In a message to Pete Hopping, Fran Warwick wrote:
FW> I thought you said that you did your homework.  Bird= work, vacumn
FW> cleaners, cleaning cages, etc.
FW> You might get you cockatoo use to spending time alone...without you.
FW> Cockatoos, it has been my experience, are demanding little critters
FW> and want you to entertain the ALL the time. When you don't they feel
FW> abondoned.
If she's like any of the Moluccans I've known, she _won't_ get used to being 
alone.  If she doesn't get enough attention, she'll just pine and start 
feather-plucking.
       Cheers,
           Rich
http://www.netside.net/~rveraa/
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